Mr & Mrs Smith started out as a publisher of boutique holiday guide books. They were certainly nicely presented and well written although (as with most hotel guide books) they never tell you that .....

Mr & Mrs Smith started out as a publisher of boutique holiday guide books. They were certainly nicely .....

13 May 201313 May 2013 by Rob Burgess • 1 comment

My recent posts on the 3V Virtual Visa card have focussed minds on the topic of ‘manufactured spend’ – ie creating artificial financial transactions purely to generate credit card .....

My recent posts on the 3V Virtual Visa card have focussed minds on the topic of ‘manufactured .....

12 May 201312 May 2013 by Rob Burgess • 41 comments

Hilton has launched a new promotion for its European hotels. It is not valid for UK properties, but does cover hotels in Spain, France, Netherlands, Italy, Greece etc. You need to book by May 20th but .....

Hilton has launched a new promotion for its European hotels. It is not valid for UK properties, but does cover .....

12 May 201312 May 2013 by Rob Burgess • 6 comments

If you are planning a US trip this year, this may be worth a look. Expedia, via this link, is offering £50 off £500 ‘flight and hotel’ packages and £100 off £1,000 packages. The clever .....

If you are planning a US trip this year, this may be worth a look. Expedia, via this link, is offering £50 .....

12 May 201312 May 2013 by Rob Burgess • 1 comment

This deal is in the Daily Mail today, but I will do you a favour and save you having to buy a copy! Mail readers are being offered a free ‘Family & Friends Railcard’, which will be .....

This deal is in the Daily Mail today, but I will do you a favour and save you having to buy a copy! Mail .....

11 May 201311 May 2013 by Rob Burgess • 9 comments

A message has appeared on the US American Express website saying that Sirius, the Jumeirah Hotels programme, will cease to be a Membership Rewards transfer partner on 31st July. There is no similar .....

A message has appeared on the US American Express website saying that Sirius, the Jumeirah Hotels programme, .....

11 May 201311 May 2013 by Rob Burgess

Another great way to earn a pile of Avios points from a credit card sign-up has appeared. I was very surprised last night to see that the sign-up bonus on the SPG / Starwood American Express card had .....

Another great way to earn a pile of Avios points from a credit card sign-up has appeared. I was very surprised .....

10 May 201310 May 2013 by Rob Burgess • 42 comments

If you have an American Express Platinum charge card, you may be interested to know that the latest batch of ‘exclusive member events’ have been loaded onto the website (log-in required). .....

If you have an American Express Platinum charge card, you may be interested to know that the latest batch of .....

10 May 201310 May 2013 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments

I recently received an email from East Midlands Trains offering me a £10 voucher off any future train trip with them.  I received this because I do, once or twice a year, take the train up to .....

I recently received an email from East Midlands Trains offering me a £10 voucher off any future train trip .....

9 May 20139 May 2013 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments

Tesco Direct has brought back bonus Clubcard points on Samsung tablets.  The deals end at close of business today, Thursday. The packages on offer are: £149 Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 8GB 7in (1,000 .....

Tesco Direct has brought back bonus Clubcard points on Samsung tablets.  The deals end at close of business .....

9 May 20139 May 2013 by Rob Burgess • 7 comments

British Airways has launched a special promotion in conjunction with Hilton‘s two luxury brands – Conrad and Waldorf-Astoria. On the face of it, it is not a bad deal: Free bottle of .....

British Airways has launched a special promotion in conjunction with Hilton‘s two luxury brands – .....

9 May 20139 May 2013 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments

My article last week on buying the fee-free 3V Virtual Visa giftcard in Tesco has attracted a huge number of comments, over 170 at the time of writing. (If you missed the original post, you can buy 3V .....

My article last week on buying the fee-free 3V Virtual Visa giftcard in Tesco has attracted a huge number of .....

8 May 20138 May 2013 by Rob Burgess • 129 comments

When will Tesco ever learn?! Hopefully not for a while. On Tesco Direct, there is a very average offer for 500 bonus Clubcard points when you pre-order the video game ‘Call of Duty : .....

When will Tesco ever learn?! Hopefully not for a while. On Tesco Direct, there is a very average offer for 500 .....

8 May 20138 May 2013 by Rob Burgess • 31 comments

Jumeirah (the Dubai-based hotel chain) has some good value redemptions, via their Sirius programme, at their hotels in London. I wrote about how to redeem for meals in their restaurants here. Jumeirah .....

Jumeirah (the Dubai-based hotel chain) has some good value redemptions, via their Sirius programme, at their .....

8 May 20138 May 2013 by Rob Burgess